As Docker talks about their successes and failures after 10 years, what lessons can be learned by open source companies, projects and foundations over the past decade.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Docker at 10 - Three Things we got Right, Three Things we got Wrong (TNS)
• learned-from-docker.html">Lessons Learned from Docker (Eps.505 - 2021)
• did-we-learn-from-openstack.html">Lessons Learned from OpenShift (Eps. 489 - 2021)
• kubernetes-is-boring-whats-next.html">If Kubernetes is Boring, what’s next? (Eps.509 - 2021)

IT’S HARD TO SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES

• Docker was the transition between OpenStack (bad foundation) and Kubernetes (CNCF)
• Was Docker a Community or a Cult? How did Leadership work?
• Docker was stuck between VMware and Developers

WHAT HAS THE INDUSTRY LEARNED FROM THE DOCKER DAYS?

• Customers and communities are very hesitant to adopt another single-vendor offering
• Could Docker have succeeded as a “free” implementation?
• As much as DevOps and PlatformEngineering are happening, it’s tough to have an “in between” technology (used by both Infra and AppDev)
• It’s OK to adapt your monetization model, but it’s not OK to not have one
• Open source can’t be the driving force of a business. It’s not a charity. 
• If somebody offers you $3B, maybe consider taking it….

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